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Guatemala MP: “Disabled people only constitute an expense for the country”.

6th February 2017 by Global Disability Watch

MP Fernando Linares Beltranena denounced by organisations of disabled people after stating that “Disabled people only constitute an expense for the country”. Representatives of organisations of disabled people filed a complaint against MP Fernando Linares Beltranena at the Prosecutor’s Office of Human Rights at the Public Ministry (MP) for discrimination and violation of rights of disabled people.  […]

Filed Under: Policy Watch Tagged With: Discapacidad, Fernando Linares Beltranena, Guatemala, Ley 5125

UN urges Guatemala to abolish institutionalization of children with disabilities

30th September 2016 by Silvia Quan

door locked with chain

On the 22nd and 23rd of August, the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities held the first dialogue with representatives from the Guatemalan government to assess advancements in the country in complying with the United National Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The Committee, composed of 18 independent global […]

Filed Under: Latin America, Policy Watch

Statement by UN Independent Expert on enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism

16th September 2016 by Global Disability Watch

Photo of Ikponwosa Ero

Original Source: United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner The following is the Statement by the United Nations Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism, Ms. Ikponwosa Ero, upon conclusion of her official visit to Mozambique – 21 August to 3 September, 2016 Upon the invitation of the […]

Filed Under: Africa, Policy Watch Tagged With: Albinsim, Mozambique, UN

UNCRPD Committee urges Guatemala to abolish institutionalization of all children

4th September 2016 by Global Disability Watch

Logo with words Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Published by Disability Rights International Go to Original Source Washington, DC, Guatemala City – September 2, 2016 –  The United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD Committee) has issued its Concluding Observations to the State of Guatemala. Based on Disability Rights International’s (DRI) reporting, the CRPD Committee has urged Guatemala to […]

Filed Under: Latin America, Policy Watch Tagged With: Disabled Children, Guatemala, Institutionalization, UNCRPD

Attacks on people with albinism in Africa: European Parliament calls for end to impunity

7th July 2016 by Global Disability Watch

Child with albinism standing in between straw huts

STRASBOURG 7th July:  Today, the European Parliament called on African countries to end the impunity in relation to the persecution and killing of people with albinism (PWA), focusing in particular on Malawi, where an estimated 10,000 people are people with albinism. The attacks motivated by superstitious beliefs about the properties of these body parts has given rise to organised […]

Filed Under: Africa, Policy Watch Tagged With: Africa, Albinism, EU Resolution Albimism, European Parlament

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